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Solomon’s Prosperity

1 Kings 4:26

In 11 translations

BSB
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.Some LXX manuscripts (see also 2 Chronicles 9:25); Hebrew 40,000Or horsemen or charioteers
KJV
¶ And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
WEB
Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
ASV
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
LSV
And Solomon has forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
YLT
And Solomon hath forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
DBY
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
DRC
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of chariot horses, and twelve thousand for the saddle.
GNV
And Salomon had fourtie thousande stalles of horses for his charets, and twelue thousand horsemen.
JPS5:6
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
LXXE2:46
And Solomon had forty thousand brood mares for his chariots, and twelve thousand horses.

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Original-language editions

WLC5:6
וַיְהִ֣י לִשְׁלֹמֹ֗ה אַרְבָּעִ֥ים אֶ֛לֶף אֻרְוֺ֥ת סוּסִ֖ים לְמֶרְכָּב֑וֹ וּשְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֖לֶף פָּרָשִֽׁים׃KJV:1Kgs.4.26
LXX-Br2:46
Καὶ ἦσαν τῷ Σαλωμὼν τεσσαράκοντα χιλιάδες τοκάδες ἵπποι εἰς ἅρματα, καὶ δώδεκα χιλιάδες ἵππων·

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👤 Solomon◆ Reign of Solomon

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Chronicles 1:14Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
  • 2 Chronicles 9:25Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
  • 2 Samuel 8:4David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
  • 1 Kings 10:25–26Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules. Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot…
  • Deuteronomy 17:16But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
  • Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

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  • 5:6 in some Bibles
  • 4:26 in most Bibles

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